MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.66,-94.10 Latitude: 37.66 Longitude: -94.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 45 SFC 973 283 24.9 20.7 77 4.2 21.9 201 10 300.4 303.3 296.0 347.3 16.00 2 950 493 22.7 19.4 82 3.3 20.4 201 15 300.2 303.0 295.4 344.5 15.12 3 900 961 18.4 18.2 99 0.2 18.2 204 18 300.4 303.1 295.2 343.7 14.75 4 850 1450 15.9 11.6 75 4.3 13.2 225 28 302.8 304.7 292.5 333.0 10.15 5 800 1964 13.4 9.7 78 3.7 11.1 213 27 305.4 307.1 292.7 333.9 9.48 6 750 2503 8.8 6.9 88 1.9 7.7 201 23 306.2 307.7 292.1 331.4 8.34 7 700 3070 4.0 3.6 97 0.4 3.8 195 24 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.6 7.11 8 650 3669 0.3 -0.5 94 0.8 -0.0 203 33 309.4 310.4 290.9 327.0 5.70 9 600 4307 -3.5 -4.4 94 0.9 -3.9 211 37 312.1 312.9 290.7 326.6 4.61 10 550 4990 -7.4 -8.8 90 1.4 -8.0 214 37 315.3 316.0 290.8 326.8 3.57 11 500 5726 -12.1 -14.5 83 2.4 -13.0 214 40 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.5 2.49 12 450 6523 -17.9 -20.6 79 2.7 -18.7 215 43 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.3 1.65 13 400 7393 -23.7 -26.2 80 2.5 -24.2 218 50 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.1 1.13 14 350 8354 -30.3 -33.3 75 3.0 -30.8 225 63 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.3 0.66 15 300 9434 -38.0 -41.2 71 3.3 -38.2 234 66 331.9 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.34 16 250 10661 -49.1 -52.6 67 3.5 -49.3 240 77 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.5 0.12 17 200 12095 -52.9 -73.4 7 20.5 -53.2 255 76 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13935 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 245 63 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16442 -65.8 -87.1 4 21.3 -65.9 251 41 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.82 m Freezing level: 645.47 mb = 3726.69 m = 12226.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.50 mb = 3662.67 m = 12016.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.55 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.14 mb = 816.72 m = 2679.50 ft T: 19.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 14.33 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1050.86 m = 3447.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.40 C = 77.73 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -6.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.71 C Showalter Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 39.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2180.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.48 mb = 1004.38 m = 3295.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.48 mb = 1246.57 m = 4089.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.48 mb = 11766.94 m = 38604.96 ft B at Equ Level: 2161.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.48 mb = 15290.03 m = 50163.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.0 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 240.0 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.0 neg: -34.0 tot: 44.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 63.77 Bulk Shear: 34.19 m/s